BEIJING — Los Angeles Lakers teammates Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol are battling for the same medal — gold — for their respective counties, the U.S. and Spain, at the Beijing Olympics.

But NBA business is never far from their minds. The Lakers drafted Gasol's younger brother Marc, in the second round of the 2007 NBA Draft then traded his rights to the Memphis Grizzlies this past season in a trade that sent Pau Gasol to Los Angeles.

Marc, 23, is a 7-foot center who's also playing well for the Spanish national team.  Listen to Bryant talk about what the younger Gasol, who has played for Winterthur FC Barcelona nad Akasgayu Girona in the Spanish professional league the past four seasons, will add to the Grizzlies.